But Mr. Compassionate Conservative will “strenuously resist” even that, so reported the NY Times Sunday.

Furthermore, the Bushies are complaining that our present programs are covering too many children. From the NY Times:

[Bush] Administration officials … expressed concern about a sharp increase in the proportion of children covered by public programs in the last decade…

…“The original intent of the Children’s Health Insurance Program was to cover low-income children who were uninsured,” [Bush official Dennis] Smith said in an interview. Democratic proposals to cover millions of additional children “would change the complexion of the program and take it away from its original intent,” he said.

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The Bush administration says it wants to “refocus the program on low-income uninsured children.”

Mr. Bush has proposed reducing federal payments to the states for coverage of children with family incomes exceeding twice the poverty level. At least 17 states already cover children above that level, and governors in several other states are trying to expand eligibility by raising the income limit.

“Refocusing” on low-income children is a sly way to sound compassionate. But in reality, it means leaving millions of kids out in the cold.

The poverty level for a family of four is only $20,650. Plenty of families earning twice that still struggle, which is why we still have millions of uninsured children.

But considering Trump said he wants to "drain the swamp," you might be surprised he picked someone who literally built the swamp. Scott Pruitt is a pioneer in turning government over to corporate special interests.

1300 Carrier manufacturing jobs are still going to Mexico. And the 800 jobs staying in Indiana aren't safe, because Carrier is moving to automate much of the work, with the help of the American taxpayer.

About Bill Scher

Bill Scher is the Online Campaign Manager at Campaign for America's Future, and the executive editor of LiberalOasis.com. He is the author of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America, a regular contributor to Bloggingheads.tv and host of the LiberalOasis Radio Show weekly podcast. He has opinion articles that have been published by the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Omaha World-Herald, and has made appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR among other TV and radio outlets.